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The purpose of this thesis was to look at the potential role that Information and communications Technology (ICT) plays at different stages of the process of climate change, from contributing to global warming, monitoring, and mitigating its impact on the most vulnerable parts of the globe (Africa). While Developing long-term solutions directly in the ICT sector and in other sectors like energy, transport, building, and in the mining sector. Furthermore, this thesis also looked at the impact of ICT goods, networks and services, agreement to focus on energy and Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emission, where CO2 emission is expected to be cut down by 20%. And also, in organizations and projects, focusing on the ongoing UN summit on climate change in Paris France, where the budgeting on climate change was adopted. The final sections examine what the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Telecommunication Standard sector (ITU-T) and United Nations (UN) are already doing in this field and describe strategic options for the future and application that can assist in climate change mitigation process.